Catasvienial sack



(No Model.)

B. A. WILEY.

GATAMENIAL SACK.

Patented Jan. 1, 1889.

51/ L/ LLW/ v VIJV' VENTO R Attorneys,

WITNESSES.

N. Pains, Phnmbmugrapller. Washmglcn, D.C.

NITEI) STATES ATENT FFICE.

EMMA AIIBREY \VILEY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

CATAMENIAL SACK...

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,41Ldated January 1, 18819.

Application filed June 28, 1888. Serial 110.27%],473. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMMA AUBREY WILEY, a citizen. of the United. States, residing atLos Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oatamenial Sacks, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in catamenial sacks, having for its object to pro vide a device which may be easily and securely affixed to the body in such a manner that all unnecessary restriction and heating of the body are avoided; and, further, to provide the said sack with an integral pocket adapted to contain a sponge, linen, or other soft absorbent material, which cannot: be displaced by the motions of the body.

The invention consists in a certain novel construction and arrangement of parts, fully set forth hereina'fi er in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view of the sack in the operative position. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same partly broken away.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the body of the sack adapted to fit closely around the lower portion of the trunk of the wearer and provided with the openings B B on either side to receive the limbs, and the upper edge of the sack is provided with the drawing strings or tapes C (J to enable the top of the body to be adjusted. to fit the waist of the wearer.

The sides of the body A are provided with the vertical slits Di), and the rear side of the same at the upper edge is provided with the V-shaped openin E E, to enable the sack to fit more accurately to the trunk and also prov i do ventilation.

The bottom of the sack between the open- .ings B B, above referred to, is provided with the hanging pocket F, adapted to contain a sponge, soft linen, or other absorbent mate rial in a position to receive the menstri'ial discharges and prevent them from coming in contact with. the garments of the person wear ting the sack.

The improved. sack is designed to be made of thin rubber, which (being elastic) will lit the body accurately and closely, and will therefore protect the garments. The device is also light and therefore will not annoy the wearer. Further, the sack cannot be displaced by the motions of the body, as the rubber will yield and permit free motion; and, further, the pocket being formed as a portion of the sack thetormer cannot become detached.

I am aware that various means have been devised heretofore to maintain catamenial sacks in their proper positions and prevent the escape therefrom of the fluid should a slight disarrangement of the sack occur or should the sponge or other absorbent become surcharged. Anion g the means employed, one is to form the mouth of the sack so large that a slight disarrangement will not expose the vulva; another device is provided with depending lappcls or cars to cover the inner sides of the thighs of the female, 8:0. In these cases there .is always more or less liability of a serious dis iilaeement and a consequent escape of the catamenia, owing to the trivial and insufficient means employed to secure the same in position, and therefore, in order to guard against these inconveniences, I provide a body portion which envelopes the entire lower portion of the trunk and is pro-. vided with openings which fit snugly around the thighs of the wearer. Being of rubber the body of the sack will stretch and yield to the movements of the wearer; but it will be obvious that in whatever positions the thighs are placed the depending pocket F, which is located between the thigh-openings, will. always remain nnder or opposite the vulva. The thiglropenings fit the thighs of the wearer sufficiently tight to prevent the escape therethrough of the catamenia, even should the latter overflow the pocket. It will be seen that there are no loose parts connected with this in'iproved sack. It is made in a single piece and the body portion fits snugly around the lower portion of the body of the wearer, with the depending pocket hanging loosely below the same in a position to be entirely out of the way, so as not to inconvenience or hamper the movements or the wearer.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

As an improved article of manufacture, the

cataineniztl sack having the thin rubber body body portion, substantially as and for the 10 portion A, adapted to fit snugly around the I purpose specified.

lower portion of the trunk of the wearer and In testimony that I claim the foregoing as provided near its bottom on opposite sides of my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the center with thigh-openings B 3, the loose presence of two Witnesses.

depending sponge-containing pocket F, 10- E. AUBREY XVILEY. eated between the thigh-openings and intel \Vitnesses:

gral with the body portion, and the drawing ELINOR TEAL,

strings or tapes C at the upper edge of the 1 REBECOA H. PEEBLEs. 

